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Judge’s Response To Transgender Teen’s Request For Name Change Shocks Parents

John Bickley

What they thought was going to be a mere “formality” turned into a headline-grabbing rebuff of adolescent transgenderism by a Ohio probate judge.

According to Leigh and Kylen Whitaker, last month Judge Joseph Kirby of Warren County, Ohio unexpectedly turned down what they were led to believe would be effectively an automatic approval of their request to change the name of their daughter Heidi to Elliott because she self-identifies as a male.

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